Title :
Ultrafast nonlinear intersubband absorption of radiatively coupled GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells
Author :
Shih, T. ; Reimann, K. ; Woerner, M. ; Elsaesser, T. ; Waldmüller, I. ; Knorr, A. ; Hey, R. ; Ploog, K.E.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. fur Nichtlineare Opt. und Kurzzeitspektroskopie
Abstract :
Coherent nonlinear propagation of ultrafast electric field transients through intersubband resonances of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells with high electron concentration shows that the strong radiative coupling between them dominates their linear and nonlinear optical properties
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electron density; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; nonlinear optics; semiconductor quantum wells; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells; coherent propagation; high electron concentration; intersubband absorption; intersubband resonances; linear optical properties; nonlinear absorption; nonlinear optical properties; nonlinear propagation; radiatively coupled quantum wells; strong radiative coupling; ultrafast absorption; ultrafast electric field transients;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
